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Oklahoma’s ‘Chicken Shack’ a Friday night delight, good for the soul

Ryan Welton, January 21, 2023December 9, 2023

It was my birthday last August, a Friday night, and my wife took me to…

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Song day Saturday: “Everyday Kind Of Love,” by Kyle Park

Ryan Welton, June 18, 2022December 9, 2023

In Oklahoma, they call it Red Dirt. In Texas, it’s Texas Country. For those of…

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Ryan’s Playlist No. 7: The music getting me through the COVID-19 pandemic

Ryan Welton, June 27, 2020December 9, 2023

It’s almost eerie. The last music blog I did was called, “Adios, 2019. Hello, 2020!”…

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Reconnecting With Texas Country

Ryan Welton, March 10, 2020December 9, 2023

I admit that I love Texas. Always have. My wife and I just got back…

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The sound of her voice: My 5 favorite Linda Ronstadt songs

Ryan Welton, January 2, 2020December 9, 2023

About 25 minutes into the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Baylor, I realized the Linda…

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Ryan’s Playlist No. 4: How ‘The Git Up’ became a TikTok challenge + Houses, Bleachers, Aldous Harding, Mitski & Local Natives

Ryan Welton, September 22, 2019December 9, 2023

I’m way behind on my blog playlists, and I’m not sure if that’s because of…

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Ryan’s Playlist No. 3: The Rise of Maren Morris + DMB that Needs a Re-listen + New John Prine!

Ryan Welton, August 4, 2019December 9, 2023

We’re already four days into August, and I’ve failed to post my July music list….

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My Shazam! 10 songs I’m digging in January 2019

Ryan Welton, January 5, 2019December 9, 2023

We hear great music everywhere these days. We hear it on TV, in movies, at…

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YouTube songwriter discovery (Oct. 28): Emily Schultz, Andy Tunstall, Bill Fonner + more!

Ryan Welton, October 28, 2018

Life as a YouTube creator has at least two parts: the creation and the participation….

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These 12 songs would be on my all-time best, definitive, ultimate CD

Ryan Welton, June 23, 2017January 4, 2018

I haven’t been able to run this week because of some heel pain, so I…

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